Shinnok, Onslaught, and Quan Chi stare down at the five Elder Gods who do the same at them. The Earth fighters stand, ready to fight against Onslaught's men.
"Why did you four have to interfere?!" questions Shinnok.
"We are only following the same path that you have done," replies the Water God.
"We have our own stakes in this war," adds the Fire God, "if you can interfere then so can we."
"But you shouldn't have interfered!" replies Shinnok. "Quan Chi's spell should have kept you four from coming here!"
"That spell was linked to the one that caused Raiden to see the dimensions as you wanted him to see," says the Earth God.
"As soon as I left MUGEN, I was able to see through your treachery," says Raiden. "But by then, the combined strength of the Elder Gods was able to break the remaining spell."
"This shouldn't have been," says Quan Chi.
"That does not matter anymore," says Onslaught. "Our forces were beating theirs. Even with their newcomers, we are still winning. Three of their strongest are fighting just two of ours."
"But we have five Gods and you only have one," says Mugena.
"Foolish girl," says Onslaught. "Yes, a God's strength is extremely high. But once they start fighting for the war, they will become as mortal and weak as the rest of you, just like in any Mortal Kombat tournament."
"Mortal Kombat tournament?" asks Sailor Mercury.
"That's right," replies Shinnok. "Ever since the first tournament which created your so-called ice age, this tournament was done to settle who shall rule over each realm. The point is that in order to create fairness between all creatures, they will become equal in strength and life."
"But you guys fought a few days ago," says Ken.
"True. But I set the challenge not to fight as part of the tournament, but because of our feud that has existed for the last several million years."
"Enough talk," says the giant Goro. He stomps his foot to start the fight again.
There is a cough from the collapse wall where the Scouts first came in. Donatello walks around the corner, dusting himself off. "Uh. Has anyone seen my bo?" he says as he runs towards them. Leonardo picks it up off the ground and throws it to him. "Thank you."
"Dr. Octopus," says Onslaught, the eight-limbed villain turns towards him. "Pass the brat up here." The doctor lifts Sailor Mini Moon to the walkway, she tries to struggle free. She is released on the roof with Shinnok in front of her and Onslaught and Quan Chi behind her. Sailor Mini Moon is frightened while Shinnok gives an evil smile.
"Don't you dare hurt her," orders Sailor Moon.
Sailor Mini Moon looks up at Shinnok, afraid what will happen next. A few seconds later, bits of wires, metal, and plastic rain down onto her. There are loud clunks as the limbs, chest, and head of Roll bounce on the ground. Sailor Mini Moon's face turns to it instead.
"You would like her back, wouldn't you," says Shinnok. The bits and pieces move away from her to Shinnok. They climb onto each other, forming a cracked robotic body of Roll. "I can make her good as new."
"NO, YOU CAN'T!" yells MegaMan.
Roll waves with a cracked smile, "Hi, Rini." A tear comes to Sailor Mini Moon's eye.
MegaMan flies into the air. "Don't trust him! We need to get her back to Dr. Light."
Goro suddenly grabs MegaMan with his hand. Sailor Mini Moon breaks from her trance, "MegaMan!"
"I'll get him down." Sailor Mars commands an attack, "Mars Fire Surround!" Several rings of fire shoot out of her hands and hits Goro in the air, releasing MegaMan as he moans in pain.
"MegaMan!" yells Fujin. "We have something for you." He stretches his hand to the heavens, a portal opens in the dark blue sky. Through it come two creatures, a robotic dog and a robotic bird.
"Rush and Beat!" says MegaMan cheerfully.
"Combine with them to achieve a higher form."
"Got it." MegaMan flies up towards them. Then, in a bright flash of light, they combine into the gigantic form of Hyper MegaMan. He lands on the ground in front of Goro, but he is only two-third his height. Goro tries to grab his fists but ends up going into a test-of-strength competition. Because Hyper MegaMan bends forward to push back, Goro cannot use his lower arms to grab his sides.
A few awe at the fight while others silently cheer them on. Everyone is distracted by the two giants.
A bright yellow light comes down towards the walkway. "Hang on," says Super Saiyan Gohan as he grabs Sailor Mini Moon and removes her from her current situation. By the time Shinnok and Onslaught realized what was happening, they were already gone.
Gohan brings her to the other Sailor Scouts. Sailor Moon bends down to hug her, Shinnok and Onslaught grow angrier at the sight.
Goro swings for MegaMan's stomach but in the middle of one swing, MegaMan counters with a strong sidekick. Goro spins around once by the attack, but manages to plant himself back on the ground. Goro spreads his arms out to roar, and then charges at MegaMan.
"What are you doing, Goro!?" yells Shinnok.
"HYPER… MEGA… BLAST!!!" Every available space on Hyper MegaMan's body opens up, revealing numerous guns, lasers, canons, and rockets. He then unleashes a war assault of artillery on the four-arm giant, who is thrown back and thrown another wall of the courtyard. Almost all the walls are gone, what remains are large chunks and the castle itself.
The Earth warriors cheer. Roll collapses again to the way she was before, Shinnok stares down with an angry gaze. Hyper MegaMan looks down at the Earth fighters and gives them a thumbs-up.
MegaMan's smile quickly fades, as something hits him. Bright flashes appear around him. MegaMan bends over in pain, then a bright flash occurs. MegaMan, Rush, and Beat separate and descend to the ground. But MegaMan is grabs by something quick-moving. Against the castle wall under Shinnok, Majin Vegeta holds MegaMan by the throat. Super Saiyan Goku and Piccolo materialize above the Earth fighters, Cell descends to the walkway beside Quan Chi.
"You just took out the Shokan prince," says Vegeta, "wanna try the Saiyan prince?"
"Put him down, Vegeta," orders Goku. "You want me, come fight me instead."
Vegeta turns his head towards him, "Do you think my feelings come first." The Z-fighters gasp. "Any who attacks Shinnok's men are my target. His rulings are my rulings. Therefore MegaMan at this time has outranked you."
Woah, thinks Saiyaman, this Vegeta is extremely different. Why would he obey someone else like that? He's like a hypnotized soldier. Maybe I can help. Saiyaman flies towards Vegeta, "Hey, Vegeta. Why don't you fight the Great Saiyaman for once."
Vegeta creates a miniature fireball and fires it a Saiyaman. "Look out," warns Gohan.
Right before impact, Saiyaman swings his arm at it, batting it away, shocking almost everyone. "Have I captured your attention yet?"
Vegeta smirks, "Yes you have, but it doesn't change a thing."
"Why?"
"I just said why; Shinnok's word is law!"
Shinnok looks down at the two, "Vegeta…" Vegeta looks up, "Do you feel outmatched by any of them?"
"No, my lord."
Shinnok flashes an evil grin to Onslaught, and then turns back to Vegeta. "And even though we are almosted out numbered two-to-one, does that pose much of a threat."
"Absolutely not, my lord."
"I see where this is going," says Onslaught. A bright flash engulfs him, when it fades he is back to Xavier's form. "Throw them back their MegaMan." Vegeta throws him by the throat at his group, MegaMan bumps along the ground until he stops just in front of them. "Isn't this going to fun," he says as he cracks his neck. "Let's decide this now, Raiden. We will have all of our fighters against all of yours, in a Brawl-for-All."
"It doesn't look like we have a choice," says Liu Kang.
"Ready!" yells Shinnok. His and Onslaught's warriors go into their fighting stances, the Earth fighters do the same but with a fearful moan. "Fight!"
The DragonBall fighters and Saiyaman take to the sky to battle it out above. Onslaught's fighters run at Raiden's before they do. Everyone points their sights on someone they know.
"All right, Turtles," says Leonardo. "Let's do it!"
"Go, green machine!" yells Raphael.
A flash flies the four turtles as they try to hit it with their weapons. "Was that your best," teases Psycho Shredder.
Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Kung Fu Man go up to Kintaro, but the giant foot of Goro step in better them. Goro laughs down at them.
Goro is suddenly hit in the chin and thrown back out of the courtyard. "Okay, buddy. Let's take this outside," says the giant Super Mario. He follows to where he landed.
"Again, we meet," says Demitri to the three female DarkStalkers.
"Enough with this," says B.B.Hood as she takes out a large bazooka.
"Let's do it, sister," says Lilith to Morrigan. As all three attack, Demitri transforms into his demon form and battles them almost hand-to-hand.
Spiderman jumps on top of Dr. Octopus, "Hey, Dr. Ock. How's life?"
"About to get better," he replies as he swings his metal octopus arms, missing him each time.
Dr. Doom hovers over Captain America, WarMachine, and IronMan, firing his laser pistol. They all dodge the attacks and counterattack with their shield, lasers, and missiles.
Shin Bison and Shin Magneto hover side-by-side as Ryu, Ken, Sakura, Chun Li, Cyclops, Storm, Gambit, Rogue, and Wolverine charge at them. The Street Fighters charge up balls of energy for a team attack. When they fire, Cyclops creates a Mega Optic Blast, Storm summons lightning strikes, and Gambit throws a charged deck of cards at the pair. Their attacks hit an invisible shield and disintegrate. Bison and Magneto bring their hands back for a projectile of their own. They fire but miss them and create impacts in the ground.
"Can you freeze?" asks Sub-Zero to Sailor Mercury.
"Yes."
"Okay, I got a plan." The ninjas Scorpion, Sub-Zero (original), Rain, Noob Saibot, Ermac, and Smoke advance towards them. Sub-Zero turns to Sailors Mars, Moon, and Mini Moon, "You three try to get them in closer together."
"Okay," nods all three. Sailor Mars goes left while Sailors Moon and Mini Moon go right.
"Watch them!" orders Scorpion.
The scouts stop when they form a perfect triangle. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon double team Rain and Smoke by doing a 'double Sailor kick', knocking both of them more inward.
"Mars Fire Ignite!" A ball of fire shoots from Sailor Mars's fingers and pushes Noob Saibot and Ermac more inward as well.
"Now!" yells Sub-Zero. He generates an ice-ball from the air around him.
Sailor Mercury nods. "Mercury Ice Storm Blast!" Both unleash a long stream of ice from their hands which contacts all the ninjas and freezes them in place.
"We did it!" yells Sailor Moon excitedly.
"Oh, crap! No we didn't!" says Sub-Zero as he see the other Sub-Zero's hands twitch. The ice suddenly shatters around his arms, "It looks like my brother still has some tricks."
Scorpion's eyes light up, the ice cracks, melts, then shatters allowing both of them out. Scorpion lifts up his hood slightly, revealing his skull. He turns around and fires a flame at the other ninjas. A few seconds later, the ice shatters as well.
"Come on, you little punks" taunts Juggernaut to Sonic, Knuckles, Kirby, Pikachu, and MegaMan. Sonic and Knuckles run at him like saw blades, trying to pierce his armour with no luck. Kirby mimics Pikachu as they both create a major bolt of electricity, but Juggernaut only feels a tickle. MegaMan then fires a Mega Buster Blast at him, but barely hurts him.
"And no one left for me," says Mugena. She looks around, "but there's one missing." She hears loud breathing from behind her, "Oh no, I wonder where he is," she says sarcastically. She swings her arm back and hits something hard.
"Ouch!" moans the invisible Reptile.
Mugena turns around, "I guess it's just you and me, huh?"
Reptile makes himself visible, "Very well. But you will wish-sh it was-sss-n't." He leaps at her but she easily evades the attack.
In the sky above, Super Saiyan Goku battles Majin Vegeta while Piccolo, Super Saiyan Gohan, and the Great Saiyaman fight Cell and Frieza. Goku and Vegeta's match is pretty much levelled out now, but Cell and Frieza seem to keep the upper hand against the other three.
After Saiyaman gives a miraculous punch to Frieza which causes Frieza to be buried deep into the ground below, Gohan comes up to him. "You are good. But don't think that will do them in, it'll take more than punches to defeat them." Gohan flies off.
WHAT!? Thinks Saiyaman, Who does he think he's talking to?!
"We better hurry…"
The Gods, Xavier, and Quan Chi watch the fighters battle, but also giving a few glances at each other. Fujin is the only God that is showing signs of emotion, as he looks from one battle to the next with tight jaws.
Xavier looks at Shinnok. "I say we are pretty much even," he says telepathically, "but Fujin is showing anxiety, therefore Raiden could be hiding his."
"True," Shinnok replies also telepathically, "but Raiden is full of surprises. Remember also that all five Elder Gods are present, together they are a force to be reckoned with."
There is a pause as they watch the others fight. "S-sire," says Quan Chi.
"What is it, Quan Chi?" asks Shinnok.
Quan Chi looks onward with his mouth gaping, "I… can't move." Xavier and Onslaught's eyes go down to his feet, a small ball of metal and technology counts down. The ball explodes forcing Quan Chi into the air and back, into the castle behind them. He hollers as he comes down through the roof.
"What the—!?" says Fujin as he looks at the explosion.
From the sky above, two figures fall down to the walkway, one with a knight-like sword and the other with a futuristic gun.
"Viper Beam." The gun morphs into a larger laser gun which looks like an advanced rifle. This man has silver-white hair, a bionic left eye, and skin-tight, blue and yellow clothing. He fires two blasts from his rifle, one hits Onslaught and the other hits Shinnok. Both moan because of the hit. "Now!"
The other has silver hair, a scar over his right eye, a grey jacket, black undershirt, and grey jeans. He charges at Onslaught with his sword ready to attack. He swings at him but Onslaught backs away. He continues on attacking.
The other man charges at Shinnok with his rifle back into its handgun form. He fires but the shots are absorbed into Shinnok's body with no sign of injury. The swordsman is knocked away from an invisible force from Onslaught, but doesn't fall down. Both strangers stand side-by-side to attack again.
Suddenly, two quick beings grab each one and plow them into a stairwell tower at each end of the walkway. By now, each little battle has stopped to view what was going on. Psycho Shredder holds the blue-yellow man while Majin Vegeta holds the other.
"Hey, I know him!" yells Sakura as she points up to the one in Psycho Shredder's hand.
"I do too," says Morrigan.
"It's Cable!" yells Cyclops.
"Cable is it?" asks Shredder.
"Y-yes," he replies as he tries to loosen Shredder's grasp. "And I'm full of surprises myself." His gun suddenly hops above his shoulder and fires at Shredder. Shredder flies away and down into the courtyard. Cable stands on the walkway facing the others on it, "Release my partner!"
"But now it's my turn for a surprise," jokes Vegeta as he removes the sword from the debris and throws it back on the walkway. The other DragonBall fighters float down from above. Suddenly, a hand pops out and grabs Vegeta's throat, but Vegeta just smiles at this opponent's weakness. He pulls the warrior from the rubble, and he is shocked at who it is.
"It's Trunks!" yells Goku.
The other Z-fighters gasp, even Saiyaman who is getting more surprised each turn in the battle.
Vegeta gasps, "My son… Trunks!" He loosens his grip.
Trunks jumps from Vegeta's hand and grabs his sword. He folds it at his side, "I don't want to raise my sword against you," he raises it to a defensive position, "but I will if I have to."
"Let's get them out of here now!" yells Cable. He leaps over the Dark warriors and lands in front of the Elder Gods and the Earth fighters.
Trunks floats up into the air, not taking his eyes off Vegeta as he does the same. He moves to the Z-fighters, "Get down there." All five float down together and land inside the group.
"What are doing here?" asks Spiderman to Cable.
"Not now, I'll tell you later," he says as he takes out another sphere. He flies a few buttons and places it on the ground.
"This isn't over yet!" yells Xavier.
"I'm sure it ain't," replies Cable. The sphere creates a quick bubble flash around the Elder Gods and their fighters. When everyone can focus, the Earth fighters were gone.
Shinnok growls in anger. "I want to see you later, Vegeta." He looks at Xavier who is smiling, "What do you think is so funny?!"
"Tell you in a minute."
"Where are we?" asks Liu Kang.
"Thirty-dash-seven-dash-twenty three," replies Cable. "That's about twenty miles south by southeast from their castle." He picks up the sphere.
"Still functional?" asks Trunks.
"We have two more charges left." Cable puts it back on his belt, "We have to use them wisely."
Trunks looks around, "Is everybody here?"
Everybody looks around, they all seem to be there. "Roll's still there," says Sailor Mini Moon.
"Don't worry," says Sailor Mercury, "we will try to get her back and try to put her together for you."
MegaMan walks up to the Sailor Scouts with Rush and Beat by his side, "No, we can't. We have to get her back to Dr. Light. He designed me and her so he can repair her. We will only need her head and upper chest to repair her."
She remains unhappy still. "Well, at least you're okay," says Sailor Moon. "Maybe next time you can tell us when you leave."
Trunks's suddenly looks up as he tries to remember something.
"It's my fault," says Raiden. "We—."
"DON'T LET HIM TAKE HER!!!" yells Trunks.
"Take who?" asks Rogue.
A hand suddenly slips over Sailor Moon's mouth. "Suckers!" yells Scorpion as he drags her back
"STOP!" orders Cable as he points his gun at him. But Scorpion teleports both of them away.
Cable puts his gun. "Shit!" says Trunks as he places his sword into its holder on his back. "We forgot."
Everyone turns to them. "It's too late now," replies Cable.
"We have to go get her back."
"Not yet. Everyone is exhausted."
"We have to do it today, before something happens to her."
"True. But we have to be ready."
Trunks looks around, everybody is staring at them. "Thirty minutes."
"An hour, at least. Then we move out."
Trunks is about to turn away, but he sees Piccolo walking towards him. "So, we now know who you are. But why are you suddenly taking control of us?"
"Because we know more," replies Cable.
"But you guys seem to have known that she was going to be kidnapped," says Sailor Mars.
"We did," replies Trunks.
"And you simply forgot!?" asks Chun Li.
"It wasn't easy remembering. We've been training to lead you to victory," replies Cable.
"What makes you think that we won't win?" asks Ken.
Trunks looks at Cable who nods back. "I don't understand why we have to keep our oath. Since we're here, it proves that we don't have to follow it."
"But we should until we can guarantee it," adds Cable.
"What are you two talking about?" asks Mugena.
"Look, we know all of you and still some to come. All your strengths, weaknesses, and life stories."
"Most of you," corrects Cable.
"You may know us from battle in your lives. But in reality, Cable is the only one of us two who has fought with you." He looks at Goku, "I never fought in your so-called Cell Games."
"I have fought with some of you against Abyss which is, to you, a few years ago. But to me, it was about twenty years ago. I have aged since then and I have replaced my bionic eye during my battles on alien worlds."
"We won't tell when or how, but you can make it out by now that you didn't win in our timeline. We can't say who remained after this part of the war. But it has continued for nearly twenty years."
Fujin steps forward, "But in order to know that, you have to come to understanding the MUGEN dimension. But MUGEN is one of its kind, could you have simply come from another reality of its own."
"Not necessarily," says Raiden. "Some parts are still a mystery to us as well. Perhaps they have discovered something."
"If our oaths are useless, then our theories are true," says Cable. "Its concept is hard to grasp but we call it 'Ultimate Time'. Similar to 'What ifs', the MUGEN dimension and its multiple universes can duplicate itself. But unlike "What ifs', both times occur through a timeline."
Mugena looks at them confused, "Okay, you have lost me but you never had me to begin with."
"We'll explain it later," replies Cable.
"And what if your theories are not true?" asks Wolverine.
Cable clears his throat. "There are may other theories, if MUGEN couldn't have paradoxes then either we would have been stuck in oblivion, but that's proven wrong… or our deaths have occurred and weren't accounted for. But it doesn't seem to be sound right now."
Gohan steps forward, "Maybe I ask you something Trunks? If you aren't the one that came to help us then why do you act and dress like he did?"
"I have dressed the way your Trunks did since I have learned about him. But I know you and your friends have met me."
Goku hops over to Gohan's side, "Hey, you're still a baby in our time, right?" Trunks slowly nods. "So, do still live with your mother and what about Vegeta."
Trunks pauses to think up a reasonable answer. "My parents were killed on the same day. My mother's killer gave me this scar on my right eye and one of you rescued me from him."
"That's enough for now, we're going too deep," says Cable. "They must rest so we can get Sailor Moon back."
"I agree," says Raiden. "But I cannot stay here."
"That's right," says the Water God. "Raiden must return to Holy ground to recover his strength."
"I will stay in his place," says Fujin. "Liu Kang and I will lead them."
"Unfortunately, in Raiden's weakened state your hunger will return," says the Fire God. "I will give you an eternal flame for your heating needs."
"And I will grow fruits and vegetables from the ground that will give full energy and completely used by your bodies," says the Earth God.
"Then it is settle," says Raiden. "I will go and Fujin will take my place. While I'm gone, I'll pray for you all." The three Elder Gods change into spiritual states and disappear, Raiden teleports away with his lightning technique.
It takes a while before anyone settles down, but they do eventually. Some talk to the newcomers about what their lives and what happened.
"So, uh, Mikey," says Raphael, "When were you planning to tell us where you were?"
"… Soon."
"Soon?"
"Cool it, Raph," says Leo.
"WHAT!?"
Donatello places his hand on Michelangelo's shoulder, "At least you're okay."
"Yeah," says Leonardo.
"Thanks, guys," replies Michelangelo. "So, does this call for a 'Cowabunga'?"
The other three are silent. "Maybe later," says Raphael.
Across from the Turtles, the Sailor Scouts get into a group of their own with MegaMan, Pikachu, Kirby, and Sakura.
"Are you going to be alright, Rini?" asks MegaMan.
"Pika chu?" says Pikachu.
"I'll be fine," she replies.
Sailor Mars kneels down to her, "They know your name?"
Sailor Mini Moon turns to her, "It's okay, I trust them." She touches her locket and, in a flash, she changes back into her normal clothes. "You can change back too."
Sailor Mars turns to Sailor Mercury for an objection, but she doesn't seem to have one. "I think it will be okay."
"There is no one here that will benefit from our true identities," adds Rini.
"Okay," replies Sailor Mars. Both Scouts close their eyes and a bright flash covers their cloths as they change back to their white-blue, school uniform.
"This is Amy and this is Raye," introduces Rini.
"Hey," says Sakura, "you're about my age!"
"Yeah, that's about right," replies Amy. "What's your name?"
"I'm Sakura. I'm a Street Fighter."
"Street Fighter?" asks Raye.
"Yeah, I'm with them," she points at Ryu. They look at the group around Mugena which was mostly made up of the Street Fighters, DarkStalkers, X-Men, and other Marvel Superheroes. But their attention turns to Ken who, right in Mugena's laughing face, yells 'There is no way you could have beaten me!'.
There is also a fourth group, which is mostly made up of the Z-fighters, Mortal Kombatants, and the other Marvel Superheroes. Gohan stands beside Saiyaman which makes Saiyaman excited about his situation.
"Saiyaman, is it?" asks Goku. "You were pretty good against Frieza and Cell."
Saiyaman blushes under his helmet.
"Saiyaman sounds a lot like Saiyan. Are a Saiyan as well?"
"No," he lies. Gohan looks at him which upsets him for a second.
Mugena gasps, "Hey, you know what I just realized. There is one of each of you here…" Saiyaman jaw drops when he realizes what is coming next. "But there are—."
Saiyaman quickly comes up from behind and places a hand over mouth, "Would you excuse us for a second." He zooms out of there through the air with her still with her mouth covered.
On a hill in the distance, Saiyaman and Mugena materialize. Saiyaman lets go of her mouth, "What was the big idea!?"
"Shh!" He looks around them see if anyone was around. "You can't tell anyone who I am."
"You could have said that back there!"
"Sorry, but I didn't know how much you knew."
"I know a lot about you. Because of the helmet you're wearing, I would say that the World Tournament hasn't happened yet."
Saiyaman nods, "That's right."
"Has Videl caught you yet?"
"Yes, but how would you know?"
Fujin suddenly appears beside them, "Because in her reality, you are on a television show." Both jump from the surprise.
"Man, you are full of surprises," says Saiyaman.
Trunks lands beside Fujin, "Is everything okay?"
"I'm fine, but I think my heart stopped a few seconds ago," says Mugena.
"I would like Saiyaman's identity to be secret for now," says Fujin.
"How many know?" asks Saiyaman.
"The four of us, the other Elder Gods, and Cable," replies Trunks. "We can keep it secret."
Everyone turns to Mugena. "Yeah, yeah. I can keep it too."
"Need a lift back?" asks Saiyaman.
"No, no." She morphs into a pink-haired Rogue, "I can fly too." She jumps into the air flies back to the others, Saiyaman follows behind.
Trunks floats away from the hill next, but Fujin doesn't lift off yet. "Why don't you look at me?"
Trunks stops in the air. "I can't tell."
There is a pause. "You knew me, didn't you?"
Trunks doesn't reply, instead he continues on. "We have to get back. We'll go rescue Sailor Moon in one hour."
Fujin morphs into a wind and flies back to the others but remains behind Trunks.
